School-seat



(No Model.)

W. M. HICKMAN.

SCHOOL SEAT. No. 363,895. Patented May 31, 1887.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILBEB M. HIGKMAN, o EA'rTLE GREEK, MICHIGAN.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 363,895, dated May 31, 1887.

Application filed March 19, 1887. Serial No. 231.509. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, WILBER M. HIOKMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Battle Creek, county of Calhoun, State of Michi gan,,have invented a new and useful School- Seat, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to folding schoolseats, and it has for its object certain'improvements below described and claimed.

In the drawings forming apart of this specification, Figure 1 is an elevation, and Fig. 2 is a view of enlarged details hereinafter described, parts being in vertical section.

Referring to the letters of reference marked on the drawings, B shows an ordinary end standard, which in use has a desk on top and a seat-back in front. The seat A is supported at the front side by the brace O, pivoted at u to the seat and at r to thestandard B in a manfier similar to that in prior seats; but the rear of the seat A'is pivoted at i to a verticallyplaying rod, D.

a is a perforated lug on the standard B, through which the rod D plays. Said rod has a head, 3, to limit its downward movement. Below the lug a the standard is flanged out at c to form a bearing on the back side of the rod D,to hold it steadier and to prevent a bearing down on the front edge of the seat from raising the rod upward. This flange a maybe dispensed with, if desired; but I prefer to employ it.

.When folding the seat, as shown in dotted position in Fig. 1, the seat is raised by lifting up the back side, which action raises the rod directly upward, and when folded the brace O prevents the rod from moving down again and the rod prevents the seat from tilting over- The rod I) may be solid or hollow' cushion, w, and this rubber strikes upon the lug a when the seat is let down, thus obviating useless noise. By screwing the rod S farther in, the rubber-is compressed to'suit the needs, and by screwing this rod S out a new rubber may be put in. r I

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- 1. The combination, with the end standards having the perforated lugs, of a seat-board,

the braces pivotally attached to the standards and the forward portion of the seat, and the rods pivoted to the rear ofthe seat and adapted to play vertically in said lugs, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination of the standards, aseat, the hollow rods internally. threaded at their npper'end, the headed rods screwed into the hollow rods, and the rubber cushions for resting on the lugs of the standards, substantially.

as set forth.

In testimony of the foregoing I have hereunto subscribed my name in presence of two witnesses.

NVILBEB M. HIGKMAN.

Witnesses:

FRED M. WADLEIGH, WILL G. CROSBY. 

